poro[us border]s

Because collective decisions favor the status quo, society has a bias toward stability, but life is rarely stable and highly mobile. The US-Mexico border provides a context for critical analysis of community dynamics and resilient grassroots systems amplified by unique conditions of international mobility, social/political uncertainty, and economic disparity.

Our collaborative work develops an original thesis about the ways in which 18th and 19th century geopolitical understanding of disease and colonization powerfully shape our current global health framework and calls for a paradigm shift.

Mathematical and systems modeling and institutional mapping present a foundational analysis to begin to understand a shifting paradigm in global disease management more characteristic of a world of porous borders.

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